Mercedes to enter Formula E grid from 2018October 4, 2016 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mercedes is set to become the latest in a long line of traditional car makers entering the world of Formula E. The company confirmed Tuesday, october 4 that it's signed an agreement to reserve a spot on the grid of the electric racing championship from the 2018/19 season. With the all-electric series set to expand from 10 teams to 12 in season five, Mercedes can now decide whether it will take one of the two new available openings, Engadget reports. Formula E is gaining in popularity each year and manufacturers like Jaguar, BMW and Audi have decided to take stakes in the racing series. The E.Dams-Renault team clinched the first-ever team title, beating Dragon Racing, which recently teamed up with Faraday Future, to the top spot. In 2018, the series will drop its current format of requiring racers to swap cars during the race, limiting it to just one. All 12 cars will also feature a new chassis, which has been redesigned to improve aerodynamics and house a more powerful battery. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |